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Meanings of waste in English

Russian
промышленный мусор
Portuguese
resíduo
Spanish
basura organica
Catalan
deixalles
Wikidata

Unwanted or undesired material, usually discarded.

      промышленный мусор
      Portuguese
      resíduo
      Catalan
      residu
      Spanish
      residuo

      Any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted.

            resíduo
            Portuguese
            desperdício
            Catalan
            dissipació
            Spanish
            despilfarro

            Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly.

                  desperdício
                  Portuguese
                  deserto
                  Catalan
                  erm

                  An uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation.

                        deserto
                        Usage of waste in English
                        1
                        In Europe alone we waste 90 million tonnes of food a year.
                        The Irish Times
                        2
                        More funding is being proposed to tackle New Zealand's growing waste problem.
                        Radio NZ
                        3
                        Examples of action that can be taken include: -Household food waste.
                        The Guardian
                        4
                        Earlier this year China decided to stop taking any more foreign waste.
                        Radio NZ
                        5
                        The economic crisis is rooted in decades of state corruption and waste.
                        Reuters
                        6
                        A renewable energy source whose primary waste products are hydrogen and water.
                        The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
                        7
                        She said the problem with food waste was worse than people thought.
                        Radio NZ
                        8
                        Is this fridge a way to address the problem of food waste?
                        BBC
                        9
                        Gerry Adams isn't one to let a good crisis go to waste.
                        The Irish Times
                        10
                        The core principle is creating value by reducing waste and unnecessary risk.
                        The Irish Times
                        11
                        Disposal of animal waste from the food industry is out of control.
                        The Irish Times
                        12
                        On purely pragmatic grounds, it represents a great waste of taxpayers' money.
                        The Irish Times
                        13
                        The government needs to set out clearly what our waste vision is.
                        The Guardian
                        14
                        That city had power to waste, and it wanted the fact known.
                        Cities in Flight
                        15
                        At best, this is a waste of time, money, and government resources.
                        Wired
                        16
                        Dublin had a notorious hygiene problem caused by human and animal waste.
                        The Irish Times